Did you know that 4-way world champion Josh Hall and Yvonne "Yo" Owyeong have big plans for Southern California? posted: Jul 3rd, 2014 This year's great comeback success of the Northern California Skydiving League must have been inspiring for competitors of the neighboring Southern California Skydiving League, which was launched even earlier than the original NCSL.
In fact, it was the Southwest Skydiving League, including Arizona and California, that became the first league in the NSL Network on the west coast in 2000.
Arizona and California eventually separated and formed their own leagues due to the long travel distances. California also finally split up into the northern and the southern leagues.
The Northern California... (more)
Did you know that bad weather interfered with SDC Rhythm XP's visit at the SCSL season opener? posted: May 12th, 2014 The Sun Path Products NSL News reported on 25 March 2014 that SDC Rhythm XP was planning to go west for the Southern California Skydiving League season opener at Perris Skydiving.
The event actually took place, even though the weather forecast was not good at all, and the weather situation eventually did not turn not much different than the forecast.
However, a handful of teams tried to beat the weather and completed up to two rounds on the SCSL meet weekend.
Three of the four Rhythm members had slots as player coaches, and team videographer Thad Parker was filming the only AAA Class team,... (more)
Did you know that SDC Rhythm XP is going west for the Southern California Skydiving League season opener? posted: Mar 25th, 2014 SDC Rhythm XP just completed the Paraclete XP Indoor and Outdoor Championship 2014 double header week and is back to normal team operation now.
The SDC Rhythm XP operation takes mostly place at four different locations. The team spends the winter time at Skydive Sebastian where Skydive Chicago, Rhythm's summer home, flies one of their Twin Otters during the cold winter months in Illinois.
SDC Rhythm XP is also at home at Paraclete XP where the team members are running their tunnel and coaching camps. Last not least, there is also a Rhythm satellite station on the west coast. Center Inside... (more)
Did you know that Bad to the Hambone posted the highest AA Class average of the year in Elsinore? posted: Jun 6th, 2013 The coverage of last weekend's competition now completes with the last update from the Southern California Skydiving League at Skydive Elsinore.
Three teams competed in the AA Class and four teams in the A Class. Two of the seven teams (Elsinore Passing Jacob, Trish and the Lemmings) attended their second meet this year after the SCSL season opener in April in Perris.
DZ operator and former Arizona Airspeed member John Hamilton and Elsinore's Event Coordinator Sydney Owen Williams both took a day off to be a part of the competition. John Hamilton competed with Bad to the Hambone in the AA... (more)
Did you know that UK's double gold medalist 4mula had a promising start into the 2013 season? posted: May 2nd, 2013 The season opener of the Southern California Skydiving League 2013 generated the second largest participation in Perris ever since the Southwest Skydiving League was split up into the Arizona and the Southern California leagues. The 12-team field in 2009 remains the SCSL record number, while last weekend's eleven teams are showing a significant upswing compared to the last years.
The SDC Rhythm XP members activated six lineups with player coaches on Christy Frikken's home turf. Even the local videographers could not keep up with the work load, and Dan BC put a camera on his helmet to help out.
The... (more)
Did you know that Christie Blomster is back in action with Perris Wicked? posted: Oct 11th, 2012 The Southern California Skydiving League ran only two meets this year after Skydive Elsinore and Skydive Perris each have hosted two meets annually in the past. However, some of the last scores of the regular 2012 season were posted by teams and competitors who have caught the NSL News attention earlier.
Perris Wicked has been covered by the NSL News since Christy Frikken and Hannah Betts launched the female team project at the end of the 2011 season. Former team member Kristen Johnson was introduced on 9 February 2012. The NSL News followed up on 22 February 2012 when Christie Blomster was... (more)